As they say, hindsight is 20/20. And the truth is that most memories do get clearer when you are looking back on them. I remember feeling so overwhelmed and confused when I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s autoimmune disease. I didn’t even know what ‘a thyroid’ was or what it did at the time.
Category: My Thyroid Journey
This is the story of my struggle to overcome my autoimmune disease of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.
When I originally started the journey to heal myself from Hashimoto’s disease I thought it would only take about 6 months.. Turns out I was wrong. It took me almost triple that amount of time. I was so used to healing quickly from sicknesses by just taking an antibiotic. At the time, I didn’t realize
Have you ever had someone tell you that you are wasting your time? Or that you were spinning your wheels? You know that you are onto something, but you can’t seem to get anyone to listen to you? I can’t count how many times my doctors gave me an exasperated look when discussing my ideas
Do you ever wonder how dependent you are on your thyroid medication? I did. It was unclear to me if I would ever be able to stop taking medicine. It took 7 months of slowly dropping my medication, but now I can proudly say that I quit my thyroid medication! I began to lower my
What if you had a leaky gut? Would you try to fix it or ignore it? What if you learned that it was the reason that your immune system was attacking your thyroid? After learning I had a leaky gut, I wanted to know how to heal it. Healing my leaky gut stopped Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
What is a leaky gut? I used to think it was made-up medical slang to pray on poor suckers who would believe anything. Now, I know better. I found that I had a leaky gut and that it was a major connection to my Hashimoto’s disease. It was amazing to learn that there could
Want a chocolate chip cookie? Yes. That was always my answer to this question until about 10 months ago. I wanted to eat all the yummy carbs. Don’t we all? Pasta, cookies, and donuts (especially donuts!) were a few of my favorites. However, I didn’t realize that eating foods containing gluten protein from wheat was
We all have had uphill battles. Those times when no matter how hard you push, it feels like you are unable to make any progress. Usually, after you bang your head against the wall enough times, you try a new direction. During my postpartum Hashimoto’s experience, I eventually found a new direction on this
You know that feeling when you have FINALLY solved a frustrating problem? You feel good. Elated even. The end is near! I went into my first endocrinologist visit feeling extremely optimistic and hopeful. I learned that my exhaustion had a name- Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. She took my family history, asked about my symptoms, took a long
Scary, isn’t it?! When you realize that your body isn’t performing like it normally should. Something is off and you aren’t sure how you ended up here. How did you miss the signs so easily? This is how I felt after my very first doctor appointment when I learned that my thyroid was beginning to